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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Company of Our Own

Hear Lan's idea on the last evening of the holiday: ask what it is, hear that the two of you could open a company and sell the village's tea to the whole world, say you're afraid it's hard, hear no matter how hard, and say yes, together.

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THE STORY

Lan's shop on the last evening of the holiday, the shutter half down, two cups of tea on the counter, and a notebook open between them.

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跟 你 说 一 件 事。gēn nǐ shuō yí jiàn shìtell you something, word for word with you say one matter
欧文， 我 想 跟 你 说 一 件 事。ōuwén, wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ shuō yí jiàn shìOwen, I want to tell you something.
什么 事？ 你 说。shénme shì? nǐ shuōWhat is it? Go on.
你 想 好 了 吗？nǐ xiǎng hǎo le maHave you thought it through?
自己 开 一 家 公司，zìjǐ kāi yì jiā gōngsīopen a company of our own
我们 自己 开 一 家 公司， 怎么样？wǒmen zìjǐ kāi yì jiā gōngsī, zěnmeyàngWhat if we open a company of our own?
开 公司？ 卖 什么？kāi gōngsī? mài shénmeA company? Selling what?
卖 到 全 世界！mài dào quán shìjièsell to the whole world, two falling syllables for world
把 村里 的 茶 卖 到 全 世界！bǎ cūnli de chá mài dào quán shìjièSell the village's tea to the whole world!
全 世界？ 恐怕 很 难。quán shìjiè? kǒngpà hěn nánThe whole world? I'm afraid it's very hard.

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